Associations to the word «Sou»

Wiktionary

SOU, noun. An old French copper coin.
SOU, noun. (dated) (slang) Cent; pocket money.

Dictionary definition

SOU, noun. A former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats